Velour is a thick, soft cloth with a short, fuzzy surface, made to look and feel like velvet but made by knitting instead of weaving, so it stretches and costs less. Because it stretches, it is used for clothes that move with the body: tracksuits, hoodies, dresses, dance and gym wear. It is also very common in furniture and in cars and trains — seat covers, sofas, and the soft lining inside jewellery boxes and instrument cases.

Velour is a thick, soft cloth with a short, fuzzy surfacevelour是一種厚實柔軟、表面短毛蓬鬆的布料，made to look and feel like velvet做出來要看起來、摸起來像velvet（絲絨），but made by knitting instead of weaving但做法是用針織而不是梭織，so it stretches and costs less所以有彈性，價格也比較便宜。Because it stretches因為有彈性，it is used for clothes that move with the body常用來做會隨身體活動的衣服：tracksuits, hoodies, dresses, dance and gym wear像運動套裝、連帽外套、洋裝、舞蹈服和健身服。It is also very common in furniture and in cars and trains在家具、汽車和火車上也很常見——seat covers, sofas, and the soft lining inside jewellery boxes and instrument cases像椅套、沙發，還有珠寶盒和樂器盒裡的軟襯。

In British English people also spell and say it 'velours' sometimes, keeping the French look. The word carries a feeling as well as a fact: to many people velour sounds a little bit 1970s or 1980s, or a little bit cheap-luxury — soft and shiny in a way that is trying to look expensive. So when a writer chooses 'velour' instead of 'velvet', they are often quietly saying 'not the real thing'.

In British English people also spell and say it 'velours' sometimes英式英文裡有時也拼成、唸成「velours」，keeping the French look保留法文的樣子。The word carries a feeling as well as a fact這個字不只有事實層面，還帶著一種感覺：to many people velour sounds a little bit 1970s or 1980s對很多人來說velour聽起來有點70、80年代的味道，or a little bit cheap-luxury或者有點「便宜的奢華感」——soft and shiny in a way that is trying to look expensive軟軟亮亮的，想裝出高級的樣子。So when a writer chooses 'velour' instead of 'velvet'所以當作者選用「velour」而不是「velvet」時，they are often quietly saying 'not the real thing'常常是在暗示「這不是真貨」。

Note that velour is not the same as velvet (woven, dressier) or velveteen (cotton, woven, no stretch). Almost always a noun, but it is used in front of another noun too: a velour tracksuit, velour seats.

Note that velour is not the same as velvet注意velour跟velvet不一樣 (woven, dressier)（梭織的，更講究） or velveteen也跟velveteen不一樣 (cotton, woven, no stretch)（棉製、梭織、沒有彈性）。Almost always a noun幾乎都是當名詞用，but it is used in front of another noun too但也可以放在另一個名詞前面：a velour tracksuit, velour seats像a velour tracksuit（絲絨運動服）、velour seats（絲絨座椅）。